• Diseases of poverty (also known as poverty-related diseases) are diseases that are more prevalent in low-income populations. They include infectious diseases...
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    "neglected diseases of poverty" has been developed and explored. This group of diseases, which overlaps with neglected tropical diseases, also pose a...
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    The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. The poverty line...
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    Poverty is a state or condition in which one lacks the financial resources and essentials for a certain standard of living. Poverty can have diverse environmental...
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    result of increasing wealth in a society. Also referred to as the "Western disease" paradigm, these diseases are in contrast to "diseases of poverty", which...
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    the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. In 2020, there were 37.2 million people in poverty. Some of the many causes include...
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  • The culture of poverty is a concept in social theory that asserts that the values of people experiencing poverty play a significant role in perpetuating...
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  • Development Index List of countries by Human Development Index by region List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty Poverty in Africa HUMAN...
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    Extreme poverty is the most severe type of poverty, defined by the United Nations (UN) as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human...
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    This is a list of countries by percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by the World Bank and Our World in Data. "Poverty" is defined as...
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  • The Human Poverty Index (HPI) was an indication of the poverty of community in a country, developed by the United Nations to complement the Human Development...
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  • disease types are drug overdose (including alcohol overdose), suicide, and alcoholic liver disease. Diseases of despair, and the resulting deaths of despair...
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    affect health. Diseases of poverty are diseases that are associated with poverty and low social status; diseases of affluence are diseases that are associated...
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    Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift...
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  • Tropical diseases are diseases that are prevalent in or unique to tropical and subtropical regions. The diseases are less prevalent in temperate climates...
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    waterborne diseases. Microorganisms causing diseases that characteristically are waterborne prominently include protozoa and bacteria, many of which are...
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    In China today, poverty refers mainly to the rural poor. Decades of economic development has reduced urban extreme poverty. According to the World Bank...
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  • Feminization of poverty refers to a trend of increasing inequality in living standards between men and women due to the widening gender gap in poverty. This...
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    Multidimensional Poverty Indices use a range of indicators to calculate a summary poverty figure for a given population, in which a larger figure indicates...
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  • In economics, a cycle of poverty or poverty trap is when poverty seems to be inherited causing subsequent generations to not be able to escape it. It is...
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    Nations Development Programme (UNDP) compiles the Human Development Index (HDI) of 193 nations in the annual Human Development Report. The index considers the...
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  • Understanding Poverty, treatment of the poor can lead to a cycle of poverty, a culture of poverty, and generational poverty. This type of learned helplessness...
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    International development List of sovereign states by percentage of population living in poverty List of countries by share of income of the richest one percent...
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    Poverty in Africa is the lack of provision to satisfy the basic human needs of certain people in Africa. African nations typically fall toward the bottom...
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  • Theories on the causes of poverty are the foundation upon which poverty reduction strategies are based. While in developed nations poverty is often seen as...
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    Poverty Line is a benchmark used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage and to identify individuals and households in need of government...
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    Poverty is measured in different ways by different bodies, both governmental and nongovernmental. Measurements can be absolute, which references a single...
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    Vimes "Boots" theory of socioeconomic unfairness, often called simply the boots theory, is an economic theory that people in poverty have to buy cheap and...
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    Rural poverty refers to situations where people living in non-urban regions are in a state or condition of lacking the financial resources and essentials...
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